Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2018-06-13

[PATCH] integrity: add error handling for kmem_cache_create

From: Mimi Zohar <hidden>
Date: 2018-06-13 20:30:42
Also in: lkml

On Tue, 2018-06-12 at 12:27 +0800, Zhouyang Jia wrote:
When kmem_cache_create fails, the lack of error-handling code may
cause unexpected results.

This patch adds error-handling code after calling kmem_cache_create.
The slab is being create during __init. ?Under what circumstances do
you expect the allocation to fail? ?Have you tested what happens if it
fails with/without at least an IMA measurement policy?

Mimi
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Signed-off-by: Zhouyang Jia <redacted>
---
 security/integrity/iint.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/security/integrity/iint.c b/security/integrity/iint.c
index 149faa8..c074fd8 100644
--- a/security/integrity/iint.c
+++ b/security/integrity/iint.c
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ static int __init integrity_iintcache_init(void)
 	iint_cache =
 	    kmem_cache_create("iint_cache", sizeof(struct integrity_iint_cache),
 			      0, SLAB_PANIC, init_once);
+	if (!iint_cache)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 security_initcall(integrity_iintcache_init);




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